Questions And Answers On HESI Nutrition

Questions And Answers On HESI
Nutrition
Atconditiontthattistclassifiedtastshocktandtcantresulttintrespiratorytdistresstthattistlifetthreate
ningtistcalled:
-Anesthetictvasoconstriction
-Anaphylaxis
-Idiosyncratictreaction
-Subcutaneustacidosist-tCORRECTttANSWER-CorrecttAnswer:
anaphylaxis
Anaphylaxististatformtoftantallergictreactiontthattistsotseveretittcantbetlifetthreatening.tThetre
actiontcantbettriggeredtbytdrugtsensitivitytorthypersensitivityttotothertsubstancestsuchtastth
etvenomtfromtatbeetsting.

Individualstsufferingtfromtanaphylaxistcanthavetrespiratorytdistress,tsuchtastproblemstbrea
thingtortswallowing.tAdditionaltsymptomstoftanaphylaxistaretpaintintthetabdomen,tcoughing
,twheezing,tdiarrhea,tvomiting,tnausea,thives,trednesstoftthetskin,tswellingtoftthetface,ttong
uetandteyes,ttightnesstintthetchest,tarrhythmiat(changetintthetnormalthearttbeat,tsuchtastthet
hearttbeatstfast,tskipstatbeat,tbeatstslowlytortbeatstirregularly),tandteventunconsciousness.

Atdeficiencytdiseasetcausedtbytatlacktoftniacintistwhichtoftthetfollowing?
-pellagra
-scurvy
-spinatbifida
-megaloblastictanemiat-tCORRECTttANSWER-Correcttanswer:
pellagra
t

Niacintservestastatcoenzymetintenergytmetabolismtandtconsequentlytistessentialttoteverytb
odytcell.tNiacintistessentialtfortthetpreventiontoftpellagratwhichtistatdiseasetcharacterizedtby
tsorestontthetskintandtbytdiarrhea,tanxiety,tconfusion,tirritability,tpoortmemory,tdizziness,tan

dtuntimelytdeathtiftlefttuntreated.

AttoxicitytoftvitamintDtcantcausetwhichtoftthetfollowing?
-rickets
-muscletspasms
-enlargementtoftthetliver
-kidneytstonest-tCORRECTttANSWER-Correcttanswer:
kidneytstones
t

ToxicitytoftvitamintDtcantcausetkidneytstonestortcalcificationtoftsoftttissues.tDeficiencytoftvit
amintDtcantcausetrickets,tosteomalacia,tosteoporosis,tpoorlytdevelopedtteethtandtbones,ta
ndtmuscletspasms.

, Attumortthattnottonlytinterferestwithtnormaltcelltfunctiontbuttalsotinvadestnormalttissuestandt
robstthetnormalttissuestoftthetnutrientstneededttotsurvivetistwhichtoftthetfollowing?
-malignantttumor
-benignttumor
-neoplasia
-naturalttumort-tCORRECTttANSWER-Correcttanswer:
malignantttumor
t

Atmalignantttumortnottonlytinterferestwithtnormaltcelltfunctiontbuttalsotinvadestnormalttissu
estandtrobstthetnormalttissuestoftthetnutrientstneededttotsurvive.tAtbenignttumortcausestcli
nicaltdiseasetonlytbytinterferingtwithtnormaltcelltfunction.

Activet2t-t3tyeartoldtchildrentshouldthavetatdailytcalorietintaketoftwhichtoftthetfollowing?
-1000
-1400
-1600
-2000t-tCORRECTttANSWER-CorrecttAnswer:
1,400


Antactivetchildtwhotist2t-
t3tyearstoldtshouldthavetatdailytintaketoft1,400tcalories.tIftthetchildtistsedentary,tthetcalorietc

ounttrecommendedtpertdaytist1,000.

Antabnormaltcollectiontoftfluidtintthetabdomentistknowntastwhichtoftthetfollowing?
-cholelithiasis
-ascites
-necrosis
-stasist-tCORRECTttANSWER-Correcttanswer:
ascites
t

Ascitestistantabnormaltcollectiontoftfluidtintthetabdomen.tSometimestcirrhosistoftthetlivertca
usestascites.tIntsuchtatcase,tsodiumtandtfluidstmaytbetrestricted.

Antabnormaltgrowthtoftcellstistknowntastwhichtoftthetfollowing?--metastasis
-carcinogen
-hypoplasia
-neoplasiat-tCORRECTttANSWER-Correcttanswer:
neoplasia
t

Neoplasiatistthetabnormaltdevelopmenttoftcells.tThetabnormaltgrowthtistcalledtatneoplasm.

Atomstortgroupstoftatomstwithtantoddt(unpaired)tnumbertoftelectronstaretknowntastwhichtoft
thetfollowing?
-antioxidants
-freetradicals
-prohormones